The War- Dawud Warnsby Ali
Turn our faces to our Makkah
Of the Markets before dawn
Our profit speaks to us
Counted once the sun is gone
What do we hope to gain?
Work our hands & spirit raw
لا اله الا الله Ùu0085Øu00adÙu0085د الرسول الله(صعÙu0085)
Teachers and pop icons
Empty drums beat loudest noise
We swap their qoutes & CDs
Like children trading toys
Follow along bite the
Barbed hook deep in our jaw
لا اله الا الله Ùu0085Øu00adÙu0085د الرسول الله(صعÙu0085)
Allaaaah
Haayyyy Allaaah
Pictures of politicians
Preen across our TV screens
Prtentious plaques and posters
Stain our mind and magazines
Promises of burning match
Igniting dreams of straw
لا اله الا الله Ùu0085Øu00adÙu0085د الرسول الله(صعÙu0085)
I glance reflections of my face
Every place I go
In my mirror, in shop windows
Like the lead in my own show
Do I dare look closely
See each wrinkle, scar & flaw?
لا اله الا الله Ùu0085Øu00adÙu0085د الرسول الله(صعÙu0085)

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